Recovered Money in Fraud Case

When you work in business, you hope your competition is above deceitful tactics. Unfortunately, our client, a fuel distribution and management services company, encountered a bad actor. 

A rival company obtained unauthorized access to our client’s account information and charged fuel totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. Our client learned of the unauthorized actions when the refinery billed them for fuel they had not purchased. We sued our client’s competitor for civil theft and common law fraud. The opposing party agreed to pay the total cost of the unauthorized transactions, plus annual interest until the full amount is paid. The parties settled before the case advanced to formal litigation processes, saving our client thousands of dollars in legal fees and costs.